Ann, thanks for the link. I am exclusively blogging right now. It seems the right on-line fit for me. I don't know if I could get into the whole Twitter experience. I look forward to reading the article.

LADY GLAMIS: This was also the reasoning behind my change in blogging habits. (I now only comment on the blogs of people who comment on my blog) It seems callous, but it's a question of on-line survival and strategy.

CHIRON: Hahahaha! That's so true, Chiron. I'm always complaining to my husband that I never have enough time to write and he replies "But you're always on the computer! So what do you *do* there?"

MARILYN: Hope you enjoyed the article. I found it very pertinent.

LOTUSGIRL: I agree. On-line time is great fun but can be a tremendous time waster!

SEPTEMBERMOM: I considered Twitter but, in addition to the time constraints, the thought of being limited to 140 characters (or whatever) was daunting. I also feel blogging is a good on-line fit for me, although I do have to be very disciplined about limiting my on-line time otherwise I'd never get any serious writing done.

REBECCA: Thanks so much for the lovely award. I do appreciate it and will load it for everyone to see when it's my next blog post day!

NANCY: Hope you managed a good amount of writing on your WIP - how you do it with your daily and weekly blog I just don't know!! :)

You know, I'm not sure social networking is as important as people make it out to be. I don't think authors need to Twitter or Facebook, they just need other people Twittering, Facebooking ABOUT them. How to get that? Write a really great book.

ANITA: I agree!! I've come to the conclusion that, as enjoyable as blogging, facebooking and twittering are, they're not essential to being An Author. The danger lies in their seductiveness: as an unpubleished author, I *feel* so much more like a "real writer" when I'm on-line, that I forget that the only thing that makes me a "real writer" is, well, writing the actual novels! :)

Oops...hadn't thought of these questions...have just been asking myself things like, "What will I make for dinner and how will get four kids to four places at the same time by myself?" I'm writing/marketing blindly, Ann. I hope something I'm doing works!

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